DA0-002 Data Governance Practice Question
A multinational retailer must comply with GDPR for its European customers. The governance team is mapping where personal data originates, how it flows between the CRM, marketing automation platform, and analytics warehouse, and which transformations occur at each hop. Which governance capability does this mapping effort primarily establish?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is equating any governance mapping exercise with master data management or stewardship, when the specific trace of origin, flow, and transformation is lineage.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Data lineage
Mapping origins, flows, and transformations of personal data across systems is the definition of data lineage. GDPR requires organizations to know where personal data resides and how it moves to fulfill access requests, propagate erasure, and assess breach scope. Lineage provides that traceability, whereas quality profiling, master data management, and stewardship address different governance concerns.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Data lineage
Why this is correct
Data lineage documents the origin, movement, and transformation of data across systems. By tracing personal data from the CRM through marketing automation into the analytics warehouse, the team builds the end-to-end visibility GDPR requires for subject access requests, deletion propagation, and breach impact analysis. This capability directly answers where data comes from and what happens to it.
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Data quality profiling
Why it's wrong here
Quality profiling assesses completeness, uniqueness, and validity of values. The team is tracing origins, movements, and transformations of personal data, not evaluating whether values meet quality thresholds. Profiling would not reveal which systems touch personal data or where transformations occur, so it does not satisfy GDPR mapping obligations.
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Data stewardship assignment
Why it's wrong here
Stewardship assigns accountable individuals to oversee data domains. It establishes ownership and responsibility but does not itself produce a map of where personal data originates or how it moves. The team needs a technical trace, not an organizational chart of who owns which domain.
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Master data management
Why it's wrong here
Master data management creates authoritative, consistent records for entities like customers and products across systems. While it reduces duplication, it does not document the flow and transformation of personal data between platforms. The team's mapping goal is traceability of movement, not consolidation of golden records.
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